Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Motompa Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Predrag This low budget, award winning Indie film is a bitter and gritty crime thriller, not for the faint hearted. It involves a slow witted but good hearted southern sheriff (Paxton) of a small town, who's a bit too talky and a bit too slow witted for his own good. He gets in over his head tangling with on-the-lam, murderous drug dealing thugs escaping from Los Angeles and heading to his small, rural town of Star City, Arkansas, where they plan to hide out at friend's house. This film quickly becomes chilling, horrific and riveting. The female drug dealer named Fantasia, a sultry fox of a black woman, has a terrible secret that complicates the entire situation in this southern crime tale. Billy Bob Thornton's screenplay is superb, as is his acting (and that of his co-stars including Michael Beech and Bill Paxton), which helps us identify, if not quite like the character 'Ray'. The haunting climax aided by a well used blues soundtrack is also worthy of specific recognition, but in short this movie will not disappoint any audience appreciating an interesting story.Modelled on a High Noon good guys Vs bad guys like destiny, narrative also has little observations on racism and the class divide between big city America and small town Americana. Sly little reveals in the script such as a policeman's alcohol problem show good attention to detail by the makers. While Franklin has a wonderful way with his camera, only revealing enough for us to fill in the blanks, and often his camera is used as a character POV device, with close ups and cuts blending seamlessly with mood of the story. The cast are uniformly strong, with the stand outs Williams, Paxton and Thornton reaching down deep to give their respective characters some stunning grittiness, doling out sadness, misguidedness and rage with a believability that's as impressive as it is riveting to watch.Overall rating: 9 out of 10.

chaos-rampant Here we have thugs on the run from a vicious crime, police waiting for them on the other end, holed up in a small place in backwoods Arkansas. Some ordinary tension as the first desperately try to evade cops on their way to getting rid of the drugs.Eventually it reveals itself to be about people, or wants to be. About the local yokel cop who wants to make it big in LA, eavesdropping on LA cops who make fun of his eagerness. About the black girl who came all the way back to see her son but can't because cops are staking out the house.When these two come together in an empty house for a night far from the anxious plot mechanics, that's where plot is supposed to part and we should have tentative baring of souls. That's where we find out about a white dad who walked out on his black kid one day and how that's rippled through to happen again. Tentative, while plot mechanics are meanwhile snapping into place. It's more the sentiment for a certain kind of weary world that deceives than the unencumbered view of what it means to be in the middle. We're always more heavily invested in a plot way than urges sent forth and encountered. It's one of those films where maybe a few tweaks could change it all around. The actors - Billy bob, Paxton, the black girl - and camera stop short of embodying this world in a way that would make the difference. Devil in a Blue Dress by the same maker got there I thought.Noir Meter: 1/4

avik-basu1889 Directed by Carl Franklin and written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, 'One False Move' is a thriller starring Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Michael Beach,etc. Although the film on the surface is another drug deal gone wrong type thriller with violence and blood, but it has a lot going on beneath the violence of the criminal activities portrayed on screen. The script deals with the themes of the contrast between the country and the city, racism and the mask that many people wear to hide the complexities of their lives and their past. Somehow all these themes come together in the most seamless and nuanced manner to enhance the poignancy of the film. The plot reminded me of Richard Brooks' 'In Cold Blood'. It has a similar structure of criminals on the road trying to evade the law while the police is making plans to bring them in.The acting is very good from all involved. Many of the characters in the film are not what they might appear to be initially. I have to individually mention Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams for showing a lot of range by playing character, the perceptions for whom change radically in the viewer's mind with the revealing of new facts about their past.I have already mentioned that the script is layered, but even then this could have become a standard crime-thriller with no depth. Carl Franklin actually underlined the themes in the script by putting more emphasis on the characters, their behaviour and their past than just the violence of the criminal activities. The film ends on an optimistically in a subtle way. But personally I would have probably ended the film on a bleaker note to go with the subtext of the film. But the ending to the film still works as a hopeful message.

Uriah43 I honestly wasn't sure what to expect when I decided to watch this movie. But after the first few minutes I could tell that this was going to be one of those films that might be worth watching. Essentially, Cynda Williams plays a young woman named "Fantasia" who has gotten herself mixed up with the wrong kind of people. Her boyfriend, "Ray Malcolm" (Billy Bob Thornton) has just gotten out of prison and along with another ex-convict named "Lenny 'Pluto' Franklin" (Michael Beach) are involved in drugs and murder. Unfortunately, things begin to go wrong for them as they travel from Los Angeles to Houston and then to Arkansas. Anyway, rather than divulge the entire story I will just say that this turned out to be a very good crime-drama. Both Billy Bob Thornton and Cynda Williams performed in an excellent manner and in my opinion carried this film. Definitely worth a watch if you like movies of this genre.